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BANTERS
Definition of BANTERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of banter
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Word DNA
BANTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, BANTER.
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (332)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BANTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BANTERS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABENRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BANTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found BANTERS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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